Ol Smoke Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Has anyone else noticed that on the major news sites that the commercials are now 18 to 20 seconds long. Remember when they were 5 secs long? It's getting ridiculous. It's like trying to watch a sitcom. Every 6 minutes there is 3 minutes of commercials. Now I have to sit through commercials to watch video of a news sort. And then...do it again when the next video comes on to play. I won't do it ! Anyone on here know a place where I can see news worthy videos without the commercials ? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiD Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) I have the answer to all of your prayers. In firefox and google chrome browsers there is a magical little extension/addon called Adblock Plus. It removes 95% of ads on most websites. I love it for Youtube use, news websites, and even porn sites (no more pesky pop-ups!). Take the sword young padawan. use it wisely. https://adblockplus.org/ Also, since is blocks ads, I do say to disable it on websites that you really enjoy so as to not take ad revenue away from those that need it. Edited December 24, 2014 by SiD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepar Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Where I live commercial are every 10 minutes and they last also 10 minutes maybe more, sometimes they even add commercials in the middle of sentence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bow_In_Honor Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Adblock Plus is probably the best discovery I've ever made. It's like you finally get to experience the internet how it should be. Websites like facebook are no longer cluttered with ads all over them, and look how they're suppose to look. Saves you time, and makes your browsing experience much more enjoyable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobba Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 adblock is on IE 11 too. There's no shame in using IE right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiD Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 adblock is on IE 11 too. There's no shame in using IE right? Actually ABP services multiple browsers. I believe most modern ones. When you follow the link I posted, it'll detect your browser and should offer the proper download for that specific browser. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Smoke Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I just installed it and man is that great. But the news videos still have commercials. booo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiD Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Bummer. it sounds like that website has the commercials integrated into the video then (which sucks). I'd probably shop around for different news sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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